The Promise (Mike Pinder album)

The Promise
Studio album by Mike Pinder
Released	11 April 1976
Recorded	1975 - 1976
Genre	Rock
Length	31:00
Label	LP: Threshold THS 18/CD: Threshold 820776
Producer	Mike Pinder in association with Bob Margouleff
Mike Pinder chronology
The Promise (1976) Among the Stars (1994)

The Promise is a 1976 solo album by Mike Pinder of The Moody Blues, recorded during their sabbatical from 1974 to 1977.

It was reissued on CD in August 1989.

Track listing[]

All tracks composed by Mike Pinder except where noted.

Side 1[]

1. Free As A Dove – 4:10
2. You'll Make It Through (Mike Pinder, Jim Dillon) – 3:52
3. I Only Want To Love You – 3:25
4. Someone To Believe In – 3:09

Side 2[]

1. Carry On – 4:16
2. Air – 2:20
3. Message – 2:46
4. The Seed – 1:25
5. The Promise – 6:02

The album was recorded in Pinder's studio at Malibu, Indigo Ranch.

There was a 1996 CD reissue of this album that had 2-bonus tracks:

1. One Step Into the Light 5:44
2. Island to Island 3:14

Personnel[]

• Mike Pinder - synthesizer, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, piano, mellotron, vocals
• Fred Beckmeier – bass guitar
• Steve Beckmeier – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Bill Berg– drums, percussion
• Joel DiBartolo – bass guitar
• Jim Dillon – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, sitar, vocals
• Jimmy Johnson – bass guitar
• Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone
• Jeanne King – vocals
• Steve Madalo – trumpet
• Susan McDonald – harp
• Dean Olch – flute, shakuhachi
• Tom Peterson – Flute, tenor saxophone
• William D. "Smitty" Smith – organ
• Julia Tillman Waters – vocals
• Maxine Willard Waters – vocals

Chart positions[]

Album[]

References[]

• The Promise at AllMusic. Retrieved 17:20, 19 May 2016 (UTC).